Hi, everyone. This is Lomi, and today I'm sharing a faceup I did for my SID Claude.
The poor guy has never had a good faceup, it seems like something always goes wrong,
or it doesn't turn out the way I want.
I seal the doll three times, then start painting eyelashes.
He has a few problems, like a crack in his left eyelid and some staining between his lips.
There's not much I can do for the crack right now without tackling some modifications or
repair, but hopefully it'll show less once he has some eyelashes and eyes in.
Since he wears a blond wig, I'm using shades of brown for his eyelashes and eyebrows.
Since the last faceup I did for him ended up darker than I wanted, I'm going to try
leaving out some painted details this time.
I won't be adding any paint to darken the line between his lips, and I won't paint the eyelid crease.
Hopefully using blushing alone will help give him a softer, younger look.
We'll see what happens.
Eyebrows are one thing I've always struggled with on him.
He has a really strongly defined brow ridge and straying from it at all looks weird, but
putting the brow right on it tends to make him look cocky.
I'd rather he have a gentle expression, but I think I need to bring the shape a little
lower on the inside corner to keep it normal.
After I strike a good balance, it's time to start blushing.
No pinks for Vahn. I'll do all his blushing with peaches and browns.
I tend to be heavy-handed with pastels, which is one of the reasons brands like Schmincke
and Rembrandt don't work well for me in faceups.
The chalkier a pastel is, the easier it is for me to move it around on the surface.
For his eyebrows, I mix together some different shades of brown and gold pastel to get a bit
of a yellow tone for blushing.
This should let it work better with his wig.
Since I hand painted a color match over the modifications on his ears, I give that area
a little extra attention to be sure the blushing covers any difference between the paint and the resin.
I think I do five or six layers of blushing in all.
I put just a hint of pink in the corners of his eyes and along the water line.
I think his eyes look much softer without the eyelid crease being painted.
The nice thing about a basic faceup like this is I can always go back and add to it if I
change my mind later.
When I add the white lines to his lips, I put a little pastel directly over the white
to soften the look.
A little more brown on his brows and lashes, then the lsst coat of sealant goes on.
This doll's curse certainly held, because my can of sealant clogged and sputtered right
as I put the last coat on, so the last layer of pastel is a tiny bit blotchy.
It frosted, as well, but I was able to remove most of the frost and blotchy discoloration
by scrubbing his face with a Magic Eraser and then sealing again with a fresh can of paint.
His lips suffered the most frosting, but after I put gloss on, it doesn't show.
There are a few small spots on the left side of his face I wasn't able to fix, but since
the weather here is so unpredictable, I can't paint dolls often, so he'll be staying like
this for a while.
That's all for this time. Thank you for joining me again! Bye.